How to Repair a Westclox Pocket Watch
- 1). Open up the back of the watch. Some Westclox watches open when you press a button on top of the crown (the part you turn to wind it up). Others simply open it by hand, or need to be carefully prized open with a sharp knife.
- 2). Check for dust, or anything caught in the mechanism. Remove dust with a dust blower, and take out anything larger with tweezers.
- 3). Look for two prominent wheels (gears) in the watch (though owing to the unique design of some Westclox watches, there may only be one). On one of these, there is a little ratchet device called a click. Turn the crown (the round knob on top that you turn when winding) slightly as if winding to displace the click. Hold the crown, and move the click gently aside with something pointed. Wooden objects like toothpicks are best, as they are less likely to leave scratches. Loosen your grip on the crown slightly to let the watch gently unwind.
- 4). Wind the watch and see if it now works. If not, let the tension out before proceeding. If the crown turns loosely without winding the watch, then the problem is probably the mainspring. This is a larger spring, found in a cylinder, which powers the watch. Use precision screwdrivers to undo the necessary screws and remove the largest wheel, then the metal plate behind. The mainspring should be in sight, and can again be removed with the screwdriver. Do not take it out of the cylinder -- remove the whole thing. Make sure all the tension has been released before removing any parts.
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